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A very worn cut-half silver penny of either Richard I (AD 1189-1199) or John (AD1199-1216), struck by the moneyer Meinir in Canterbury. The obverse is too worn to be able to identify with certainty under which king this coin was struck, but it may well be Richard rather than John due to features of the reverse lettering; probably Class II, struck in AD 1189-1190. North N965.<\/p>","notes":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2011-08-17 18:21:28","updated":"2011-08-18 10:55:00","secwfstage":"4","findofnote":null,"objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":"2010-06-09","datefound2":null,"inscription":null,"disccircum":null,"museumAccession":null,"subsequentAction":"1","objectCertainty":"1","dateFromCertainty":"1","dateToCertainty":"1","dateFoundFromCertainty":null,"dateFoundToCertainty":null,"subPeriodFrom":null,"subPeriodTo":null,"reason":null,"username":"abyard","fullname":"Anni Byard","institution":"BERK","usernameUpdate":"abyard","fullnameUpdate":"Anni Byard","primaryMaterial":"Silver","secondaryMaterial":null,"decoration":null,"style":null,"manufacture":"Struck or hammered","surfaceTreatment":null,"completeness":"Complete","preservation":"Fair","cert":"Certain","periodFrom":"MEDIEVAL","periodTo":"MEDIEVAL","culture":null,"discmethod":"Metal detector","finder":null,"identifier":"Miss Anni Byard","secondaryIdentifier":null,"recorder":"Miss Anni Byard","county":"HAMPSHIRE","parish":null,"district":"BASINGSTOKE AND DEANE","easting":null,"northing":null,"gridref":null,"fourFigure":null,"map25k":"SU6260","map10k":"SU66SW","address":null,"postcode":null,"findspotdescription":null,"lat":null,"lon":null,"knownas":"Tadley area","source":null,"obverse_description":"Crowned bust","obverse_inscription":"Illegible","reverse_description":"Short cross dividing centre with pellets in each quarter","reverse_inscription":"MEINI(R) [ON CANT]","denomination":"Cut halfpenny","degree_of_wear":"3","allen_type":null,"va_type":null,"mack":null,"reeceID":null,"die":null,"wearID":"3","moneyer":null,"revtypeID":null,"categoryID":"14","typeID":"1650","tribeID":null,"status":"Regular","rulerQualifier":"2","denominationQualifier":"1","mintQualifier":null,"dieAxisCertainty":null,"initialMark":null,"reverseMintMark":null,"statusQualifier":"1","tribe":null,"region":null,"area":null,"ruler1":"Richard I of England","ruler2":null,"period_name":null,"date_range":null,"mint_name":"Canterbury","wear":"Very worn: fair","die_axis_name":null,"category":"English coin short and long cross period 1180 - 1278","type":"Short cross class 2 (N 965)","emperorID":null,"mintid":null,"reverseType":null,"i":"341789","f":"2011217.JPG","imagedir":"images\/abyard\/"}]}